| Course ID: | GLOB 3100. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Introduction to Global Health | Course Description: | Covers how health and illness are defined and explores
biological, cultural, social, and political forces that
influence global health. A multi-disciplinary approach to
topics will include: comparative health systems, healthcare
policy, social determinants of health, health services and
quality, key stakeholders, and major global health initiatives. | Athena Title: | Introduction to Global Health | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in GLOB 3100E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 3100E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Introduction to Global Health | Course Description: | Covers how health and illness are defined and explores
biological, cultural, social, and political forces that
influence global health. A multi-disciplinary approach to
topics will include comparative health systems, healthcare
policy, social determinants of health, health services and
quality, key stakeholders, and major global health initiatives. | Athena Title: | Introduction to Global Health | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in GLOB 3100 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 3150. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Culture and Global Health | Course Description: | Analyzes cultural, social, political, and economic processes
framing global health as a field of policy and practice. We
examine value systems underpinning specific paradigms and apply
scientific, historical, and autobiographical perspectives to
gauge benefits and unintended consequences of interventions.
Prepares students to collaborate, understand, and act in global
health settings. | Athena Title: | Culture and Global Health | Prerequisite: | GLOB 3100 or GLOB 3100E or permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 3200. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Health and the Links Among Food, Culture, and Disease | Course Description: | Explore complex relationships among food, culture, and disease
through a food systems approach. Focus on taste and food
preferences, nutritional perspectives, globalization of Western
diet, along with obesity and chronic disease, and global food
policy issues, such as food insecurity, food marketing and trade,
and ethics of food waste. | Athena Title: | Global Health and Food | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in GLOB 3200E, GLOB 3200S | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 3200S. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Health and the Links Among Food, Culture, and Disease | Course Description: | Explore complex relationships among food, culture, and disease
through a food systems approach. Focus on taste and food
preferences, nutritional perspectives, globalization of Western
diet along with obesity and chronic disease, and global food
policy issues such as food insecurity, food marketing and trade,
and ethics of food waste. | Athena Title: | Global Health and Food | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in GLOB 3200, GLOB 3200E | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or
teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of
the projects(s) and may spend time outside the classroom.
Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for
approximately 25-50% of overall instructional time. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 3200E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Health and the Links Among Food, Culture, and Disease | Course Description: | Explore complex relationships among food, culture, and disease through a food systems approach. Focus on taste and food preferences, nutritional perspectives, globalization of Western diet, along with obesity and chronic disease, and global food policy issues, such as food insecurity, food marketing and trade, and ethics of food waste. | Athena Title: | Global Health and Food | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in GLOB 3200, GLOB 3200S | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 3300. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Maternal and Child Health | Course Description: | Explores the sociocultural, political, economic, and policy
implications of maternal and child health worldwide. A
comparative approach will cultivate critical assessment of
various global strategies and interventions designed to improve
the health of women and children, including child survival, safe
motherhood initiative, millennium development goals, and
sustainable development goals. | Athena Title: | Global Maternal Child Health | Prerequisite: | GLOB 3100 or permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 3400. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Health Policy | Course Description: | An interdisciplinary public policy approach to understanding
policies, programs, and interventions in global health. Students
will examine the policymaking process, the institutions and norms
of global health governance, examples of both successful and
flawed policies and interventions, and evaluate the extent to
which policies impact global health indicators. | Athena Title: | Global Health Policy | Prerequisite: | GLOB 3100 or GLOB 3100E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 3560. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Global Health Internship | Course Description: | Practical experience in global health through placement in
appropriate international or domestic health related agencies. | Athena Title: | GLOBAL INTERNSHIP | Nontraditional Format: | The internship course is typically 150 hours of work for 3
credits, so 50 hours per credit hour. The work tasks would be
agreed upon by the student, the instructor, the internship
coordinator, and the internship supervisor before the
internship begins and will involve activities directly related
to public health’s core competencies. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 3600S. 3 hours. | Course Title: | HIV and AIDS: Pandemic, Politics, and Culture | Course Description: | Examines the HIV/AIDS pandemic using an interdisciplinary lens, with a focus on the African context. Through course readings, assignments, and service-learning projects students will evaluate the progress of the epidemic itself and assess global responses to HIV/AIDS from various perspectives, including epidemiology, social history, political economy, and culture. | Athena Title: | HIV and AIDS Politics Culture | Nontraditional Format: | The format will include about 70% lectures and discussion and 30% service-learning project. The lectures will provide an overview of selected topics, whereas the small group discussions will allow for in-depth analysis of course readings. The service-learning project will involve collaboration with organizations providing HIV/AIDS care and prevention. | Prerequisite: | GLOB 3100 or GLOB 3100E | Pre or Corequisite: | GLOB 3150 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | HIST(GLOB)(LACS) 3770. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Pandemic! Infectious Disease in Global History | Course Description: | Centers the lived experiences of different individuals and cultures during infectious disease epidemics in modern global history, particularly in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Based on the history of medicine, the course emphasizes both historical context and anthropological, epidemiological, sociological, and cultural issues surrounding infectious disease both past and present. | Athena Title: | Pandemic History | Pre or Corequisite: | Any course in HIST, LACS, AFST, AFAM, HIST, ECOL, BIOL, CBIO, BHSI, BCMB, EHSC, DMAN, GLOB, HONS, IDIS, or PBHL | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 4200. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Survey of Global Health Systems - Nation Focus | Course Description: | Study abroad course at introductory level learning about two or
more health systems in the world. Comparisons of health systems
will be made, identifying strengths and weaknesses; social,
cultural, political, and economic determinants of health. | Athena Title: | Global Health System - Nation | Nontraditional Format: | This course will involve field experience in parallel with
lecture experience. Students will have 2 hours of field
experience for every equivalent 1 hour of lecture. 22.5 lecture
hours and 45 field hours. | Prerequisite: | Third or fourth-year student standing | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 4900. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Special Topics in Global Health | Course Description: | Selected topics, including recent developments in global health,
global burden of disease, global health policy, or global health
systems. | Athena Title: | Special Topics Global Health | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | NUTR(GLOB) 6280E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Health and Food Systems | Course Description: | Explores complex relationships among food, culture, and disease through a food systems approach. Examines food policies at local, national, and global levels assessing their impact on health through phenomena such as child malnutrition, obesity, globalization of the Western Diet, food insecurity, food safety, food marketing, and the rise of diet-related noncommunicable diseases. | Athena Title: | Globl Hlth Food Sys | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 7100. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Foundations of Global Health | Course Description: | An introduction to key foundational concepts, principles, and
methods in global health. Examination of factors that influence
health from social, cultural, economic, and political
perspectives. Risk factors for diseases of global health
importance are discussed as well as health system and
developmental issues that require collective multidisciplinary
and partnership-based action. | Athena Title: | Foundations of Global Health | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in GLOB 7100E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 7100E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Foundations of Global Health | Course Description: | An introduction to key foundational concepts, principles, and methods in global health. Examination of factors that influence health from social, cultural, economic, and political perspectives. Risk factors for diseases of global health importance are discussed, as well as health system and developmental issues that require collective multidisciplinary and partnership-based action. | Athena Title: | Foundations of Global Health | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in GLOB 7100 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 7150. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Principles and Practices in Global Epidemiology | Course Description: | The application and principles of epidemiology are illustrated using global health examples. Topics are global health trends and emerging infectious disease threats, women's health, trends in epidemiology of global health issues, and epidemiologic response in disasters. Students will explore epidemics and conduct class projects in the epidemiology of global heath. | Athena Title: | Prin and Pract in Global Epid | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EPID 7010, EPID 7010E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 7250. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Burden of Disease | Course Description: | Course provides subject matter knowledge on major health threats globally and methodological expertise for the quantification of disease burden. Assessment of social, behavioral, environmental, and metabolic risk factors is applied to improve the prioritization of global public health research, policies, and programs. | Athena Title: | Global Burden of Disease | Prerequisite: | GLOB 7100 or GLOB 7100E or permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 7400E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Maternal and Child Health | Course Description: | Assesses the socio-determinants, mechanisms, and systems that promote and maintain the health, safety, and well-being of women, newborns, and children in communities around the world. Aims to critically evaluate various global strategies and interventions designed to improve child survival and the Safe Motherhood Initiative in the context of sustainable development goals. | Athena Title: | Global Maternal Child Health | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in GLOB 7400 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Prerequisite: | GLOB 7100 or GLOB 7100E or permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 7400. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Maternal and Child Health | Course Description: | Assesses the socio-determinants, mechanisms, and systems that promote and maintain the health, safety, and well-being of women, newborns, and children in communities around the world. Aims to critically evaluate various global strategies and interventions designed to improve child survival and the safe motherhood initiative in the context of sustainable development goals. | Athena Title: | Global Maternal Child Health | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in GLOB 7400E | Prerequisite: | GLOB 7100 or GLOB 7100E or permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 7750. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Perspectives on Health and Risk Communication | Course Description: | Assisting in health campaigns, improving healthcare delivery,
and effective messaging all pose special challenges in
international settings. Students will learn theories and best
practices in intercultural communication, dissemination of
innovations, risk communication, and social marketing as they
apply to global health settings. Case studies and projects
will be utilized. | Athena Title: | GLOBAL HEALTH RISK | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 7760. 3-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Global Health Internship | Course Description: | Internship will demonstrate experiential learning in global
health. Students will work as members of a team. Although
observation of the team’s efforts may be an essential aspect, it
is not adequate. They must be actively involved as team members
in a health process at a global setting. | Athena Title: | Global Health Internship | Nontraditional Format: | This internship will require approximately 150 contact hours in
an approved site per 3 credit experience. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 7900. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Special Topics in Global Health | Course Description: | Selected topics, including recent developments in global health,
global burden of disease, global health policy, or global health
systems. | Athena Title: | Special Topics Global Health | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 8500E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Comparative Global Health Care Systems | Course Description: | The institutional, economic, financial, and policy mechanisms and outcomes of world health care systems. Examination of international institutions such as the WHO and non-governmental groups addressing global health needs. Models for the organization of health systems at the level of nation-states, including single-payer, employer-based, and mixed models will be examined. | Athena Title: | Comp Global Hlth Care Systems | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in GLOB 8500 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 8500. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Comparative Global Health Care Systems | Course Description: | The institutional, economic, financial, and policy mechanisms
and outcomes of world health care systems. Examination of
international institutions such as the WHO and non-governmental
groups addressing global health needs. Models for the
organization of health systems at the level of nation-states,
including single-payer, employer-based, and mixed models, will
be
examined. | Athena Title: | Comparative Global Health Care | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in GLOB 8500E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 8550. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Comparative Global Health Systems – Nation Focus | Course Description: | Focuses on two or more health systems in the world. Comparisons
of health systems will be made, identifying strengths and
weaknesses; socio-cultural, political and economic determinants
of health; and disparities, organization, delivery, and
financing of those systems in combination with the national
environment. | Athena Title: | CMP GLB HLTH-NATION | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in HPAM 4200 or HPAM 8550 | Nontraditional Format: | In-depth study abroad experience. This course will involve
field experience in parallel with lecture experience. Students
will have 2 hours of field experience for every equivalent 1
hour of lecture: 22.5 lecture hours, 45 field hours | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 8600. 3 hours. | Course Title: | HIV and AIDS: Global Health Perspectives | Course Description: | Examines key events of the HIV/AIDS epidemic beginning with its emergence in 1981 to current trends in disease burden. The course highlights major advances in the field from discovery of the virus, invention of antiretroviral therapy (ART), innovations in funding treatment programs, and changing global strategies towards prevention and care. | Athena Title: | HIV and AIDS Global Health | Nontraditional Format: | The format will include about 60% lectures and discussion and 40% practicum. The lectures will provide an overview of selected topics, whereas the small group discussions will allow for in-depth presentation and discussion of research. The practicum component will involve observations in clinical settings. | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Pre or Corequisite: | GLOB 7100 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | HPAM(GLOB) 8820. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Health Policy | Course Description: | Examination of the relationship between global policies and
institutions and human population health. The first part focuses
on the general structure and performance of international
institutions that oversee global health issues. The course then
examines how these policies and institutions operate with
respect to specific global health problems. | Athena Title: | Global Health Policy | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in HPAM 8820E, GLOB 8820E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | HPAM(GLOB) 8820E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Global Health Policy | Course Description: | Examination of the relationship between global policies and institutions and human population health. The first part focuses on the general structure and performance of international institutions that oversee global health issues. The course then examines how these policies and institutions operate with respect to specific global health problems. | Athena Title: | Global Health Policy | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in HPAM 8820, GLOB 8820 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 8900. 3-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Special Topics in Global Health | Course Description: | Selected topics concerning recent developments in global
health, global health policy, or global health systems.
Individual research and practical work experience under the
direction of a college faculty member. | Athena Title: | Topics in GH | Nontraditional Format: | Graduate-level independent study of an issue that applies to
the student's academic, professional, and research interests.
Must be approved in advance by the faculty mentor, the major
professor, and the department graduate coordinator. The number
of credits determines how extensive the final paper is to be. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | GLOB 8910. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Global Health Research | Course Description: | Research or intensive study in a specialized area of health
administration under the direction of a faculty member. | Athena Title: | GLOB HLTH RESEARCH | Nontraditional Format: | Variable hours established by instructor. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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